End of Life Directions for Aged Care - ELDAC
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The ELDAC office will be closed from 1pm ACDT on Wednesday 24 December and will reopen Monday 5 January 2026.

ELDAC (End of Life Directions for Aged Care) provides information, guidance, and resources for all aged care staff to support palliative care and advance care planning.

New to palliative care? Visit the Understanding Palliative Care page as a first step.

Our ELDAC Care Model highlights different elements that can contribute to holistic and person-centred care for older people with palliative care needs and in the last months and days of life.

Click on any part of the interactive care model below to learn more.

Bereavement
Advance Care
Planning
Recognise
End of Life
Assess Palliative
Care Needs
Provide
Palliative Care
Work Together
Respond to
Deterioration
Manage Dying
ELDAC
Care Model

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ELDAC acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the many ancestral lands and waters throughout Australia. We recognise the knowledge, strength and resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and their continuing spiritual and cultural connections to land, water and community. ELDAC pays respect to Elders past, present and emerging.